Thailand and Cambodia ceasefire holds
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Donald Trump claimed credit for brokering the Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire, but Southeast Asia told a different story. In Jakarta, Indonesian President Prabowo publicly praised Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim for securing the deal,
Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Pakistan welcome ceasefire, laud ASEAN chair Malaysia for its role - Anadolu Ajansı
A coffee shop in Kaki Bukit, Malaysia. In the 20th century, as Siam became Thailand and Malaya became Malaysia, both countries used food as a tool to establish modern national identities.
Len Leng, Kocha Olarn, Helen Regan, Lex Harvey and Jonny Hallam, CNN Phnom Penh, Cambodia / Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Cambodia and Thailand will meet in Malaysia on Monday for peace talks after days of deadly clashes on their disputed border sent civilians scrambling for safety and relations between the two neighbors cratering.
Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire for a second day on Friday as fighting intensified and spread, while Cambodia's leader said Thailand had agreed to a Malaysian ceasefire proposal but then backed down.
Thailand's acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai warned Friday (July 25) that cross-border clashes with Cambodia that have uprooted more than 130,000 people "could develop into war", as the countries traded deadly strikes for a second day.
Thailand bombed Cambodia with F-16 fighter jets on Thursday, as relations between the two countries imploded following clashes on a disputed border near the Emerald Triangle.
The Chairman of ASEAN, Anwar Ibrahim, says Malaysia has contacted both leaders as tensions rise at the Thailand-Cambodia border.